Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for September 14th, 2008
Homeowners association may hike fees - or cease to exist
LAGRANGE TWP. — The Pheasant Run Association is facing financial woes and is contemplating bankruptcy as a possible solution.
The 540 homeowners in the privately owned Pheasant Run Village recently received a newsletter discussing the money problems and suggesting potential solutions, of which bankruptcy was one. Others include raising the monthly $35.90 homeowner [...]
Calif. rail agency: Engineer`s error caused wreck
LOS ANGELES — A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed Saturday for the nation’s deadliest rail disaster in 15 years, a wreck that killed 25 people and left such a mass of smoldering, twisted metal that it took nearly a day to recover all the bodies.
A preliminary investigation found that "it [...]
Saving Texas stalwarts a race against time
GALVESTON, Texas — Rescue crews canvassed neighborhoods inundated by Ike’s storm surge early Sunday morning in a race against time to rescue those who faced a second harrowing night trapped amid flattened houses, strewn debris and downed power lines.
As darkness fell Saturday, a search and rescue squad began pushing into a neighborhood on a finger [...]
No. 1 USC pounds No. 5 Ohio State, 35-3
LOS ANGELES — Southern California turned the most anticipated September game in years into another Trojans’ victory march. Mark Sanchez threw four touchdown passes, Joe McKnight rushed for 105 yards on 12 carries, and the top-ranked Trojans crushed No. 5 Ohio State 35-3 Saturday night in a matchup of two of college football’s [...]
College football: No. 2 Georgia dodges South Carolina’s upset attempt
No. 2 Georgia and Knowshon Moreno made sure host South Carolina didn’t ruin a second straight shot at a championship season. Moreno’s sliding 4-yard touchdown run in the third quarter lifted the Bulldogs to a 14-7 victory over the Gamecocks on Saturday. Reshad Jones sealed the victory for the Bulldogs (3-0, [...]
N.E. Ohio Catholics plan to fight closures
CLEVELAND — Members of several Roman Catholic parishes in Cleveland worried their church’s doors will be shut by diocese officials are campaigning against the possible closures.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland is thinking of consolidating parishes because of limited finances and shrinking congregations in Northeast Ohio. More than 45 churches in the eight-county [...]
Far from Ike`s path, an aftershock is felt: $5 gas
HOUSTON — From Florida to Tennessee, and all the way up to Connecticut, people far from Hurricane Ike’s destruction nonetheless felt one of its tell-tale aftershocks: gasoline prices that surged overnight — to nearly $5 a gallon in some places.
Fears of supply shortages, and actual fuel-production disruptions, resulting from Ike’s lashing of vital energy infrastructure [...]
Browns looking for a win in rivalry with Steelers
Steve Heiden’s favorite memory of playing the Steelers involves a forgotten quarterback, a professional wrestler’s pose and an expletive from one of the rivalry’s greatest trash talkers. Heiden is 1-12 versus Pittsburgh, but at least he’s got a good story. “I just remember him running one in and (Joey) Porter saying something [...]
Royals sweep Indians in Saturday doubleheader
CLEVELAND — The Indians needed a doubleheader sweep of the Royals on Saturday to reach the .500 level for the first time since May. That’s going to have to wait. Instead of receiving the favorable outcome they were searching for the Indians got the exact opposite, dropping both games to the last-place Royals [...]
Tribe notes: Shoppach’s too good to sit the bench
CLEVELAND — Kelly Shoppach has given the Indians plenty to think about this offseason. Shoppach opened the year as the backup to catcher Victor Martinez, but the way he has performed while filling in for the injured Martinez for much of the season has Cleveland’s front office considering a bigger role for him. [...]